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Vitalik Buterin
@vitalik.eth
Dependency minimalism (writing software that deliberately tries to have as few dependencies as practical) is a really underrated virtue imo. Every single dependency is a risk that "something will go wrong" during someone's installation process. Installing projects with hundreds of dependencies and walking through errors can be incredibly frustrating.
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Frank
@deboboy
Nah… like saying humans shouldn’t depend on fresh air, clean water…
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Vitalik Buterin
@vitalik.eth
The trend toward everything being electric and (at least small scale) being charged with USBC, is really good. Much better than the previous status quo of electric vs gasoline vs propane, micro USB vs mini USB vs custom connectors vs batteries... So dependency minimalism is great in physical space too.
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Vedaykin
@vedaykin
Would love to see the dependencies map for a USBC charger. The metals, plastics, composites, not to mention the logistics and sales. Does anyone know how this thing we all rely on comes into existence? Does this example of yours not already answer your question to some degree?
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